Jar-holder



M. N. HANSON.' JAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.'9, 1919- 1;'383,'112, Patented im 28,1921-.

UbliTE MAYNARD N.

EIANSON, @5' LTTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

JAR-HOLDER.

Application filed December 9. 1919.

To all w/om t may concern:

Be it known that I, MAYNARD N. Hanson, a citizen of the United States ofJamerica, re-

ding at Little Rook, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas,have invented new and useful lmprovements in Jarl-loldcrs, of which thefollowing is a speciication.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and eiiicient means forsecuring jar caps of the screw type to preserving jars and the like, andfor removing the same with facility without necessitating the graspingof either the jar or the cap in the hands of the operator, to the endthat the caps may be properly turned to place when the ars are too hotby reason of their contents, to be handled with convenience or safety,and also to the end that caps may be removed,without distorting ordisiguring the same, from the jars when by reason of sealing material orthe dried juices of the contents they have become secured in place insuch a way as to eEectually resist an attempt to remove the same byhand.

TVVith these and related objects in view the invention consists in aconstruction and cornbination of parts of which a preferred embodimentis shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the jar vcap and jar body members ofthe apparatus applied in the operative position to a jar which isindicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the jar cap en'- gaging member of theapparatus.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the jar body engaging element.

Fig. l is a sectional view on the plane 1ndicated by the line 1 -4 ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the inner surface of the guard plate formingan element of the jar body engaging member.

The apparatus consists essentially of a jar cap engaging member 10consisting of approximately semi-circular jaws 11 hingedly connected at12 and provided respectively with handle elements 13 combining to form agrip by which the jaws may be held in engaging relation withtheperimeter of the jar cap for the purpose of imparting rotary movementthereto either in screwing the cap to place or in removing the same,said jaws being faced at their inner surfaces by a frictional lining 14.of leather or other material which is of a yielding quality and willSpecification of Letters Eatent.

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afford a frictional engagement to prevent the slipping of the jaws asthe effortis made to turn the cap relative to the jar. The other or jarbody engaging member 15 of the apparatus consists of a yielding band 16to one terminal of which is secured a guard plate 17 carrying handlemembers 18 and 18a and inwardly concaved to lit the curvature of theside of a jar, the other extremity of said band being free to moverelative to the guard and extending through a guide opening 19 thereinwith its extremity disposed adjacent to the handle 1S to be engaged bythe cam element on the handle 18L which is pivotally mounted on theguard, as indicated in Fig. 1. rlhe band 16 is flexible to adapt it tosnugly encircle the jar body, the adjustment being effected by drawingthe loose end 1ba thereof through the guide opening 19, and preferablysaid band is provided with an inner frictional surface 2O of rubberPatented June 28, 1921.

or the equivalent thereof so as to afford a frictional engagement withthe jar to resist any tendency of the latter to turn in the clamp as aneff-ort is made to turn the cap either in applying or removing the same.rl`he guard plate 17 may be of metal or other rigid material channeledtransversely as shown at 21 to form seats for the extremities of theflexible band 16, and the inner surface of said plate is fitted with africtional lining 22 which affords a broad frictional bearing againstthe surface of the jar body.

lin applying` the jar engaging or holding member to the jar the free end16 of the' band may be backed through the guide opening` 19 to enlargethe band sufficiently to slip freely over the jar, after which said freeend should be drawn tight and then grasped by the hand which is used tohold theI handle 18 and thus held to lock the jar against turningmovement while the other hand of the operator is used in connection withthe cap engaging member to turn the latter in one direction or theother, according to whether the cap is being removed or applied.

1What is claimed is:

1. A jar body holding device having a frictionally faced bearing plateinteriorly concaved for contact with the surface of a jar body andprovided with interior alined grooves forming seats, a handle rigidlyconnected with said plate, and a flexible frictionally surfaced bandengaging said seats in the bearing plate, one of the terminals of theband being secured to the plate and the other being extended through aguide opening` to Y lie adjacent to and in graspingielation with saidhandle.

2. A jar holding device consistingl of a bearing plate provided With anintegral handle and With a guide opening adjacent the point of juncturebetween it and the handle, a flexible Jiictionally faced band attachedat one extremity to said plate and extending at the other extremitythrough the said guide opening to lie against said inhandle bein@lformed With a cam element ad-Y jacent its pivoted end to eliect bitingen 'gageinent on said hand in conjunctionV With Y said integral handle.

In testimony whereof l ahyix my Signa ture.

f MAYNARD N. HANSON.

